Rubber glove



1. B. ABLER.

RUBBER GLOVE. APPLICATION men FEB. 10, 1920.

IHVENTOR.

JOHN B. ABLER.

Patenfed May 25, 1920.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BAPTISTE ABLER, OF GUELPI-I, ONTARIO, CANADA.

RUBBER GLOVE.

Application filed February 10, 1920.

To all w/wn't it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN BArrrsrn Anionic, of the city of Guelph, in the county of \Vellington, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Rubber Gloves, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rubber gloves and the object of the invention. is to provide means in the rubber glove for retaining the tips of the glove fingers and thumb firmly against the tips Off the fingers and thumb of the wearer, when the fingers olithe wearer are shorter than the fingers of the glove and it consists essentially of a rubber glove, having a constricted portion in the length of the glove lingers and thumb.

The drawing represents a front view of the rubber glove, showing my peculiar construction of finger and thumb.

1 indicates a rubber glove provided with fingers 2, 3, t and Intermediate of their length the fingers 2, 3 4E and 5 and thumb 6 are formed with constricted portions 2*, 3 41?, and 6*. It very often happens that the glove is of such a size as to fit the hand of the wearer, but in cases where the finger and thumb of the wearer are shorter in proportion to the size of the hand, that the fingers of the glove will not be retained tightly against the tips of the fingers of the wearer. This, it will be understood, is very detrimental, detracting very much from the usefulness of the glove.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Serial No. 357,741.

In order to overcome this I have provided the constricted portions 2*, 3 4 5 and 6*, which. grip tightly around the fingers of the wearer, so that when the glove is drawn on to the hand, should the fingers of the wearer be short in proportion to the fingers of the glove, they may be drawn down on to the fingers of the wearer, so that the lower portions, 2", 3, 41, 5 and 6 will be puckered so as to take up slack in the length of the fingers.

The constrir'zted portions 2*, 8 4:, 5 and 6 are drawn down toward the crotch be tween the fingers with portions 2, i and 3 and the tips of the fingers or thumb of the glove tight against the tips of the fingers of the wearer.

In; many operations where the rubber glove is used it is necessary to have the sense of touch fully in the finger tips and if the fingers of the glove are slack at the tips, this sense of touch is to a great extent lost. By my construction, the glove fingers and thumb are held tightly stretched around the finger tips of the wearer so that the tips of the fingers can be used with as much freedom as it no glove was on the hand of the wearer.

WVhat I claim as my invention is:

In a rubber glove, constricted portions formed intermediately of the length of the fingers or thumb adapted to tightly grip the fingers or thumb of the wearer.

JOHN BAPTISTE ABLER. 

